Halifax’s Akindoju named to Canada’s U20 women’s soccer team

Teni Akindoju breaks for the ball during a game against Quebec at the 2017 Canada Summer Games. (COMMUNICATIONS NOVA SCOTIA/Len Wagg)

Halifax’s Teni Akindoju has been named to Canada’s under-20 women’s soccer team which will compete in next week’s CONCACAF U20 championship in Trinidad and Tobago.

The 16-year-old Akindoju currently lives in Vancouver where she’s part of a soccer training centre backed by the Vancouver Whitecaps. She has played internationally for Canada at three other CONCACAF events.

Twenty players were named to the under-20 squad on Friday. The tournament, which serves as a qualifier for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in France later this year, begins Thursday with Canada facing Costa Rica. The final will be held on Jan. 28.